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Shame: A Poem from China

November 21, 2019 |

A prison sits atop an island. A boat rides in the waters at the island's feet

Cultural Cross Sections

Alcatraz, Alcatrace,القطر

November 18, 2019 |

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Cultural Cross Sections

Eradicating the e-Word: Musings on Myaamia Language Reclamation

November 11, 2019 |

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Cultural Cross Sections

An American Mythology

November 11, 2019 |

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Two Activist Poems

November 07, 2019 |

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The Saga of Many Patient Foot Soldiers: Józef Wittlin’s Salt of the Earth

November 05, 2019 |

Cultural Cross Sections

Women in Public Art: An Essay

November 04, 2019 |

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Cultural Cross Sections

On Practice

November 01, 2019 |

A helicopter hovers above a smoldering, mountainous landscape. The sun is positioned just such that the helicopter appears to be on fire.

Letter from California—Fire Season

October 29, 2019 |

A photo of writer Rachel Tzvia Back juxtaposed against the cover to her book What Use is Poetry?

The Uses—and Uselessness—of Poetry

October 28, 2019 |

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For all the aunties, but especially for Mary Maxine Lani Kahaulelio

October 28, 2019 |

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On Home and Migration: Two Poems

October 24, 2019 |

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Cultural Cross Sections

Alicia Alonso: The Will to Be Known as a Legend

October 24, 2019 |

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Giorgio de Chirico’s Shadowed Geometry

October 23, 2019 |

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Perfecto Remembers La Lucha (1970–1975)

October 22, 2019 |

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Cultural Cross Sections

Mission Project: Activism on a Smaller Scale

October 21, 2019 |

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